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Understand Verbs, Helping Verbs, Linking verbs, Irregular Verbs &
List of Conjugation of Verbs (Three forms of Verbs)

Verbs are used with special rules for telling for something happens / happened /will happen - in present, in the past, or the future. Here is a list of examples for each verb tense using the verb take. You may try putting other verbs in the place of take.

Present tense ? I/you/we/they - take, he/she/it takes

Past Tense ? I/you/he/she/it/we/they - took

Future Tense - I/you/he/she/it/we/they will - take

Present Perfect Tense ? I/you/he/she/it/we/they have - broken

Past Perfect Tense ? I/you/he/she/it/we/they had - broken

Future Perfect Tense ? I/you/he/she/it/we/they will have - broken

Helping verbs do not stand alone or express action. They are part of verb phrases that "help" the main verb. Helping verbs define the tense (past, present, future) or change the meaning of the main verb. A few examples are:

He is playing

He was playing

He may be playing

He can come

They may come

They will be smiling

The commonly-used helping verbs are :

may	might	must	be	being	been
am	are	is	was	were	do
does	did	should	could	would	have
had	has	will	can	shall

Linking verbs do not show action. Instead, they connect nouns and pronouns to other information in the sentence. Here are some examples:

My sister is smart.

The picture appeared blurry.

Your supper smells delicious.

The most common linking verbs are listed here:

am	are	are	being	appear
be	become	feel	get	grow
have/has been	is	lie	look	might be
might have been	prove	remain	seem	sit
smell	stay	taste	turn	were

Irregular Verbs are verbs that don't follow the rules for changing tense. The best way to understand irregular verbs is to practice and memorize them.

Here are some common examples shown in the present/past/past participle:

The dog wants to bite me.

The dog bit me.

The dog has bitten me.

My arm hurts.

I hurt my arm yesterday.

I have hurt my arm before.

Conjugation of Verbs (Three forms of Verbs)

Verb conjugation refers to how a verb changes to show a different person, tense, number or mood. A

Conjugated verb is verb which has been changed to communicate one or more of the following: person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, or voice (active or passive voice).

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
Abide	Abode/Abided	Abode/Abided/Abidden	Abiding
Abuse	Abused	Abused	Abusing
Act	Acted	Acted	Acting
Add	Added	Added	Adding
Admire	Admired	Admired	Admiring
Advise	Advised	Advised	Advising
Alight	Alit/Alighted	Alit/Alighted	Alighting
Allow	Allowed	Allowed	allowing
Answer	Answered	Answered	Answering
Apear	Appeared	Appeared	Appearing
Appoint	Appointed	Appointed	Appointing
Arise	Arose	Arisen	Arising
Arrest	Arrested	Arrested	Arresting
Arrive	Arrived	Arrived	Arriving
Ask	Asked	Asked	Asking
Attack	Attacked	Attacked	Attacking
Awake	Awoke	Awoke	Awaking
Bake	Baked	Baked	Baking
Bark	Barked	Barked	Barking
Bathe	Bathed	Bathed	Bathing
Be	Was, Were	Been	Being
Bear	Bore	Born	Bearing
Beat	Beat	Beaten	Beating
Become	Became	Become	Becoming
Beg	Begged	Begged	Begging
Begin	Began	Begun	Beginning
Behave	Behaved	Behaved	Behaving
Behold	Beheld	Beheld	Beholding
Believe	Believed	Believed	Believing
Bend	Bent	Bent	Bending
Bet	Bet	Bet	Betting
Bid	Bade	Bidden	Bidding
Bind	Bound	Bound	Binding
Bite	Bit	Bitten	Biting
Bleed	Bled	Bled	Bleeding
Bless	Blessed	Blessed	Blessing
Blow	Blew	Blown	Blowing
Boast	Boasted	Boasted	Boasting
Boil	Boiled	Boiled	Boiling
Borow	Brorowed	Borrowed	Borrowing
Break	Broke	Broken	Breaking
Breed	Bred	Bred	Breeding
Bring	Brought	Brought	Bringing
Broadcast	Broadcast/Broadcasted	Broadcast/Broadcasted	Broadcasting
Build	Built	Built	Building
Burn	Burnt	Burnt	Burning
Burst	Burst	Burst	Bursting
Bust	Bust	Bust	Busting
Buy	Bought	Bought	Buying

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Understand Verbs, Helping Verbs, Linking verbs, Irregular Verbs & List of Conjugation of Verbs (Three forms of Verbs)